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Perpich Arts High School Graduation 2026

May 22, 2026
The Class of 2026 took the stage at the Ames Center in Burnsville, Minnesota in a heartfelt and deeply personal graduation ceremony on May 22, 2026 that celebrated not only artistic achievement, but also community, resilience, and self-expression at Perpich Arts High…

  • New Library Materials – Plays – Fall 2021

    Appropriate/An Octoroon: Plays – Branden Jacobs-Jenkins

    Blood at the Root – Dominique Morisseau

    Blues for Mister Charlie: A Play – James Baldwin

    By the Way, Meet Vera Stark – Lynn Nottage

    Choir Boy – Tarell Alvin McCraney

    Contemporary Plays by Women of Color: An Anthology, 2nd edition – edited…

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  • New Library Materials – Nonfiction Social Studies Books – Fall 2021

    An African American and Latinx History of the United States – Paul Ortiz

    All Our Relations: Native Struggles for Land and Life – Winona LaDuke

    A Black Women’s History of the United States – Daina Ramey Berry and Kali Nicole Gross

    Books and Islands in Ojibwe Country:…

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  • New Library Materials – Poetry – Fall 2021

    African American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle & Song – Kevin Young, editor

    American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin – Terrance Hayes

    Catrachos: Poems – Roy G. Guzmán

    Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver – Mary Oliver

    Finna: Poems – Nate Marshall

    Halal If You Hear…

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  • Hennepin Theatre Trust Partners with Perpich for Exposed Brick Theatre Workshop For Educators

     Photo courtesy of Ari Koehnen Sweeney, Hennepin Theatre Trust.

    March 3, 2022

    Along with our partners at Hennepin Theatre Trust, Perpich Center for Arts Education was excited to offer a professional development opportunity for theater educators and directors on Saturday, February 26….

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  • Gabrielle Abram (Dance 2015) Speaks to Students During Common Experience

    March 2, 2022

    Gabrielle Abram (Dance 2015) with Mary Harding, Dance Instructor

    On Monday, February 28, Gabrielle Abram (Dance 2015) spoke to students during Common Ex. Common Ex is a series of presentations where students hear about the artistic life from practicing…

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  • 2022 Minnesota Dance Summit

     Participants and presenters for the 2022 Minnesota Dance Summit

    February 18, 2022

    The 2022 Minnesota Dance Summit brought dance instructors and dancers together at Perpich Center on February 12, 2022. This event was hosted by Perpich Center for Arts Education in collaboration…

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  • Fantasy and Science Fiction by Black Authors

    February 23, 2022

    For Black History Month, the library is highlighting some of the incredible Black science fiction and fantasy authors we have in our collection. All items on this list are available at the Perpich library. Click on titles for more information.

    1. The Gilded Ones…

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  • Craig Farmer to Study Winslow Homer with Education Minnesota Foundation Professional Development Grant

     Craig Farmer, Art History Instructor

    February 7, 2022

    Craig Farmer, Art History Instructor, has earned a summer Professional Development Grant from the Education Minnesota Foundation. Farmer was pleased to share the news, adding, “This is my second time receiving a grant from…

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  • Rebecca Bullen Selected for 2021-2022 Inaugural Class of Minnesota ASCD Emerging Leaders

     Rebecca Bullen, Perpich Arts High School Assistant Principal and Studio Arts Chair

    February 2, 2022

    Congratulations to Rebecca Bullen, Perpich Arts High School Assistant Principal and Studio Arts Chair! Bullen has been selected to be a member of the inaugural 2021-2022 Class…

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